Conversation

Conversation is an extremely important part of the first and the silences can be really awkward so choosing an appropriate venue is of paramount importance, you want somewhere that is not too loud but where there is enough going on that the silences are not too uncomfortable. Many people choose to just have a drink on the first date, others choose a dinner date restaurants and bars can both make good venues for a first date. Keep the venue local if you can.

Once you have chosen the right venue you want the conversation to flow naturally. Don’t rehearse what you are going to say and don’t focus too much on trying to impress the other person, it is better to try and really get to know them, don’t try and tell jokes unless you are naturally funny. Don’t talk about politics or religion, never bad mouth a previous partner or complain about how terrible your life is. Ask insightful questions like, “what would you do for a job if you didn’t do what you do now and why”. Don’t make any rude comments or give inappropriate compliments.

Eye Contact

Women like eye contact, if you watch two women speaking you will notice that they maintain very strong eye contact. Maintaining eye contact shows that you are confident and secure in yourself, it will also help the woman to trust you and feel safe. Feeling safe is very important to women when they are on a date so don’t stare, look away when they do and try to smile at appropriate times.

Mirroring and Matching

If you watch a couple closely you will see that they have very clear raport, when they interact with each other it will rhythmic when two people feel close to one another their body language and communication are in unison. You can mirror the other person by mimicking their posture and language patterns, using the same words as they do. When they breathe out you breathe out, when they breathe in you breathe in. Don’t make it obvious, they may not be too happy if they catch you.

Patience is a Virtue

Desperation is never a good look for a man or a woman, make sure you don’t look desperate. Don’t be too touchy, feely. This is especially important if you are a man dating a woman, she needs to feel safe in your company. If you are a woman don’t dress too provocatively as this could give the wrong impression.

Don’t Drink Too Much

Whether you are a man or a woman it is never a good idea to get drunk on the first date, maybe have one or two to get in the mood and calm your nerves but make sure you stop there. Don’t drink beforehand either if your date smells alcohol on you they probably won’t be impressed.

Society teaches us to be envious of successful people and to look negatively at the route of all evil, money. When we see someone who has something we want we may feel envious, we might think they are just lucky or engaged in some kind of immoral activity. Envy is not a good emotion if we want to be successful, the law of attraction tells us that mindset is what creates a successful person. With the right mindset, we can manifest anything we want, the law of attraction will draw anything to us even our perfect lover can be manifested with the right mindset. If we have a head full of negative thoughts and we suffer from negative emotions such as; envy, jealousy, anger or hate we will manifest undesirable results.

Mind Over Matter

As already mentioned above, the law of attraction states that our thoughts and feelings create our reality so by changing our thoughts and more importantly changing our feelings we can increase our vibrational energy and attract the things we want into our lives. The theory is that everything is energy and like energy attracts like energy, by giving out good energy we can attract good. All you have to do to create the life you want is improve your thinking and thought patterns. Science proves this theory, quantum physics tell us that everything is energy and neuroscience has proven that we can change our thoughts to create new neural pathways.

Changing Our Thoughts

Thoughts get into our heads from external factors like family, friends, teachers and colleagues so the first step to improving your thoughts is to identify negative friends and family members then avoid them. Friends and family can be one of our biggest negative influences, they fill our heads with limiting beliefs and when we try to create something better for ourselves or do something different from the norm they pull us back down to their level. Childhood memories can be one of the biggest limiting factors, many of us had teachers who told us we wouldn’t amount to much or parents that taught us life was a struggle.

Limiting beliefs can really limit our potential in life. Many people start to experience some success in life but because of their limiting thought patterns they end up married to the wrong person or they feel that they don’t deserve the success they achieve. Their limiting beliefs may lead them to drink or drugs or they may end up suffering a messy divorce and losing it all. To achieve maximum success in life we have to feel successful before we actually are, we have to feel like winners. If we change the way we feel we will find we make better choices when we do achieve our goals we will keep what we have worked for. So how do we change our thoughts?

Affirmations

Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud is attributed as one of the first to use affirmations, affirmations are positive suggestions designed to change the subjects thought patterns. Many people feel affirmations don’t work effectively that they can be intercepted and blocked by the conscious mind, others feel that affirmations do work but only in the short-term.

Subliminal Messages

Subliminal messages can be auditory or visual affirmations that are delivered outside of the subjects conscious perception, the idea is that unlike affirmations subliminal messages bypass the conscious mind. Subliminal messages can also be delivered as metaphoric stories such as the stories told by the famous hypnotherapist, Milton Ericson.

Meditation

Relaxation techniques and meditation can also be used to raise a persons vibration, meditation has been scientifically proven to reduce multiple negative dimensions of psychological stress. Meditation and mindfulness techniques can be used to help a person deal with anxiety, depressive thought patterns and much more.

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Planning Your Prize Draw

Before launching any kind of contest, competition or giveaway make sure you have planned it properly, badly planned giveaways never go well. Consider what the prize will be, how people will enter, when the competition will close and how you will promote it.

Choosing The Prize

The prize is an extremely important part of the competition, it’s the only reason people are going to enter. The prize needs to be something desirable, if you are planning to use the giveaway as a means to promote your own products or services you could make them the prize. Making your own product or service the prize has many benefits:

• It won’t cost you as much, your product will have a perceived value (what you retail it for) that is greater than what you buy it for.
• You will know that anyone who enters the competition has an interest in what you sell and this will enable you to create a very targeted mailing list.
• It will increase awareness of your product or service, increased awareness will be extremely useful if you have a new company or revolutionary product to promote.
• You maybe able to sell your product to entrants who don’t win the competition, use the mailing list you have built to send out a special coupon code exclusively for the people who have entered the competition.

If you don’t have a product to giveaway you will find cash to be a popular prize. A cash prize doesn’t have to be large, £50 or more should make the giveaway popular. Competitions with multiple prizes always seem to do better.

How Will People Enter?

How people enter is nearly as important as the prize and should be correlated to it, the larger the prize the more people will be willing to pay to gain entry. Payment doesn’t have to be monetary, time is money for most people and you should take this into account. A simple email submit competition is usually quite easy to get entrants for, people will happily share their email address with you for the chance to win a small prize.

If you are giving away a car or some other large ticket item you can ask people for more to gain entry, getting people to share the competition on social media is an excellent means of entry as it means people will promote the giveaway for you.

How Will People Win

When you are planning your giveaway you need to decide how you will pick a winner, if you are holding the giveaway online you need to make it clear how the winner will be chosen on the page where people enter. It is quite common for the organisers of free giveaways to choose their winners at random, on the draw day organisers will put all names or email address in a random choice generator like this one and it will pick the winner for them. This kind of system is similar to an old-fashioned raffle.

Raffle

The Oxford Dictionary says a raffle is “A means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize.” Raffles are often used by schools, clubs and other non-profit organisations as a means to raise cash. This type of giveaway requires the issuing of tickets and a small payment is required to enter, a raffle is usually an offline event and non-profit organisations are usually exempt from gambling laws.

If you are planning to run a raffle for your school or some other organisation you will need tickets, you can buy raffle ticket books or print the tickets yourself. A site like RaffleTicketCreator.com makes it easy to print your own raffle tickets, the site will enable you to change colours and fonts or add a logo.

Once your tickets have been created you will need someone trust worthy look after the money and the ticket stubs, on draw day you will need to put all the ticket stubs into a hat and draw the winners out randomly. As with any other draw you will want to put the draw date on the tickets, winners of your raffle could be drawn at a fete, end of term dance or some other group event.

Promoting The Prize Draw

Once you have planned how you will run the draw, decided on a prize or prizes and chosen the closing date you will need to promote it. You could promote your raffle by selling tickets on the grounds of the organisation you are raising money for, it is never advisable for anyone to go door to door selling tickets. Competitions, contests and prize draws can be added to onlinecompetitions.org by anyone free, we also have a facebook page where you can promote any kind of draw or giveaway.

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The 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

With the kind of adjustments that are expected in this vehicle, it would be safe to say that the 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe will find its competitors among the Lexus RC-F, the Mercedes Benz C63 AMG and the BMW M4.

Interior and exterior design

The exterior design of the car will definitely aim at offering unmatched style. More to this, it is expected that the chassis of the sports car will match its power. In effect, this will mean that the 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe will offer buyers more than just good looks. For instance, the height of the vehicle will be significantly lowered so as to ensure increased stability. On the front side, a smaller bumper that widens on the sides is likely to be fitted. LED headlights and sleek fog lights will be placed strategically close to the bumper. The back area will see the introduction of brighter tail lights as well as the latest exhaust system. There will also be a sport suspension as well as bigger brakes.

The interior of this two-door Genesis sedan is likely to give a sporty feel to both the driver and the passenger. It is purported that the interior design of the coupe will allow for more room for all occupants. Moreover, futuristic technologies including satellite navigation, cruise control, Bluetooth support and touch screen displays are likely to be installed in the sports car. A friendly interface on the dashboard will be accompanied by a climate regulating system and comfortable leather seats.

Engine options

There are three types of engines that many people expect to see in the 2017 model. The first is a 2.0 liter turbocharged engine while the second will be a 3.8 liter N/A engine. For the third type, it could be a 3.3 twin turbo engine with the ability to produce at least 480 horsepower.

Fuel economy

Turbocharged V6 engines will ensure that the 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe offers better mileage while still taking care of power.

Redesign

When it comes to style, many people presume that the 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe will be a redesigned version of the Vision G Concept. In case this is true, this may well be one of the most attractive sports cars.

Release date and price

Production of the engine to be fitted in the 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe will begin in 2017. As such, it is expected that the sports car will not be released until very late in the year. In a similar fashion, there is no news about the approximate price of the car.

There is no doubt that the 2017 Hyundai Genesis Coupe will represent a major upgrade in comparison to its predecessor. In fact, it will be an all-wheel drive car with an engine that is effectively linked to an eight speed automatic transmission system.

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Hostels

Stay in the right hostels, we were lucky to choose the Party Hostel (because it appeared to be the cheapest) without even knowing some benefits that it’s guests have. I’m talking about FREE BEER from 8 p.m. til 9 p.m. Turns out, it’s quite a common practice in Vietnam. Until the happy hour we didn’t really believe in this free beer rumour and felt quite shy paving our way to the first glass.

By 9 p.m. I was already feeling a bit dizzy after 3 glasses that we drunk way too fast. Usually a hostel restricts the number of glasses (in my case it was 4), but you can always ask your friend to get you one – or get one for your friend, nobody really keeps count. So, if you manage to drink all of your 4 glasses (or more) within this hour send someone else to the bar.

A free-drinking-Queen hint: we usually asked our non-drinking friends to get a beer for us, in order to have a spare glass, that we would fill in right before 9 p.m. So, by the time when Cinderella’s clock stopped ticking – we had a table of full glasses. After the hour was up we took our time and enjoyed every sip.

Music

If you are lucky, Party Hostels usually let you listen to music until a few of the guests desire to go to sleep. We literally had a club in our hostel, we danced and played games for a few hours after the end of our beer session. Soon the hostel lobby became to small for us and we made our way out along the Vietnamese roads to the clubs, saying ‘Hello’ to everyone we met on the way.

A take-a-party-with-you-Queen hint: have a pack of cards in your bag and a list of cool songs in your head (the hostel or even club (!) will play your favourite songs). There were only 2 clubs in Bai Chay, so we didn’t have much choice on where to spend the night. Late evening, to be exact.

Clubs

The Vietnamese start clubbing at 9 p.m. and finish at midnight or 1 a.m! Have I already mentioned that there are only two night-clubs in Bai Chay? Oh, and they’re situated in one building. We spent the night in the Amazon club. As soon as we entered – a serious looking Asian came up to our group with a bottle of Chivas Regal. It is considered offensive in Asia to reject such friendly geistures, so we couldn’t stop our alcohol sprint until the bottle was empty. Should I even bother saying that we got plaaaaaastered.

The Coyote-Ugly-Girl hint: I physically wouldn’t have been able to finish that bottle of whiskey, but I was a bit scared to reject my new friend’s hospitality, I used my free bottle of beer. No, not to drink after the whiskey…but to secretly spit it out.

The club’s closing time is 1 a.m. The staff really did close the windows and doors, the DJ left his set but our party continued. The owner never stopped offering us free beer, while our expanded tourist group performed crazy white people dancing under the flashlights of the Vietnamese cameras. Floor: at 3 a.m. I was in my hostel bed safe and sound. Mainly, because everything in Bai Chay is a minute-walk away. Now, what a night!

Hangover

And what a master hangover! Guys, as we’re talking about drinking in Vietnam today, I have to mention Vietnamese coffee! Now that is something you should spend your money on! Cà phê Ch?n – a northern Vietnamese version of Kopi Luwak (the Wikipedia page is in Vietnamese so be sure to google it, if you don’t understand what I’m talking about) is amaaaaazing! A cup is worth nearly a dollar, but you can always buy your own pack of coffee for the same price to cook it at home. For all the coffee lovers out there – this thing is a must! Though I must specify that cà phê Ch?n is only good in Northern Vietnam.

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However, there are still some people who have not yet grasped how to be frugal or have not yet had the need to be. Below are five tips on how you can start to be more frugal and they may not be as hard as you think!

Change your Attitude

It is important to make sure that you start by changing your attitude, you really need to be committed to being more frugal. You may find saving money to be easier than you think but you still need to be fully committed to the idea.

It is worth considering why you want to be more frugal and even writing these reasons or benefits down to remind yourself. Then when you find it difficult to continue with, you will have a reminder as to why you started in the first place. It might be that you have decided you want to pay off your mortgage, save up for a holiday, become a student, start a family, pay off a credit card or you just feel that you need to reign in your spending. Whatever the reason, keep it in mind to motivate you. You could even write it down and stick it up somewhere as a reminder.

Find out what you Spend

You need to start by finding out exactly what you spend and where you spend it. Look at your bank statements and note down where you are spending your cash. You may need a few months to be able to gather together all of this information. Once you know where your money is going you will be able to see where you can cut down. There might be some obvious cost savings right away, but you may be able to cut down in more areas than you think.

Compare Prices

It is worth comparing prices on everything that you spend money on. You may think this means food, utility bills, petrol and it does. But you may also be able to get a cheaper credit card, bank account, rent or mortgage, clothing, insurance, etc. You can compare prices on absolutely everything. Obviously moving home will cost a lot of money so unless you can make significant savings this may not be worth it, but all other things are worth looking in to. Sites like Money Supermarket make it easy to compare prices and save, you may not believe but good old fashioned brokers can still offer better savings than you find online especially when it comes to insurance.

Cut Biggest Expenses

Start by cutting down in the areas where you spend the most money. This could be debt repayments, food bills, utilities or rent/mortgage. Hunt around for better deals so that you are not paying so much money. In many cases you can get exactly the same goods or services, or very similar ones for less money and if you save across all of the big bills, then this could add up to big savings overall. It will take time to research and organise but in the long run it could make a really big difference to how much you are paying out with very little difference to your lifestyle.

Decide If You Really Need To Buy Things

This is an area where you may need to consider lifestyle changes, before you make purchases you need to decide whether you think that you really need them. It can be easy to be tempted to spend money on items without really thinking. It is worth trying to decide whether what you are purchasing is something that you really need and whether it is worth the money that is being charged for it.

Think about what else you could do with that money. It could pay for some of your holiday, pay off some of your debts or whatever. Decide which is more important, your frugal goal or the item that you want to buy. If you decide that you still want the item, then buy it and enjoy it but if you are not sure then leave it and think it through harder. You could find that you end up buying less and saving more.

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Avoid Becoming a Victim

In order to avoid becoming a casualty, you need to learn to develop your own taste and style of fashion. You need to accept the reality that not all the latest fashion trends look good on you. We have written this blog post to help you develop your own style, the methods discussed in this post will help you to overcome your issues with fashion consumerism.

Styles You Like

You need to remember that you dress for yourself, only buy the style of clothes that you like. When you observe others you will notice, everyone has different styles and different tastes. If you find that the latest trend does not suit your fashion style or tastes do not feel obliged to try and conform to it.

Try not to obey the latest fashion trends, you need to accept the reality about your appearance and body type. Everyone has imperfections with their appearance, no one is perfect. Try to accept your imperfections so you learn how to look good regardless. Finding the problem areas with your appearance is the first thing you need to do, you may need to find a way to mask these problem areas. Avoid wearing clothing that highlights your problem areas even if it is the latest style or fashion trend, it is much better to wear what suits you than it is to waste your money on clothes that do not make you look good.

What’s Your Size?

Knowing your correct measurements is important. Before shopping online or even on the high street measure yourself and compare your measurements against a brand or online retailers sizing chart, many online retailers have these sizing charts. You need to take measurements from your bust, waist and hips if your are buying a dress, if your are looking for jeans bust size is obviously not going to be important.

How to Measure Yourself

To take your measurements you should use a taut tape measure, wrap it around the widest part of your chest, the narrowest part of your waist and the thickest part of your hips. Measuring yourself will avoid wrong purchasing mistakes caused by the wrong size next time you go shopping. It’s not only women, men also have to pay attention when dealing with fashion styles and trends. Make sure you consider how an item will look before buying it, try clothes on first if you go to the high street.

Budget

You need to set your clothing budget before you go online or to the shops, look over your monthly finances and make sure you determine how much you can afford to spend when you go shopping for fashion items or anything else. If you go to the high street only carry the set amount of cash that you have planned but remember, you don’t have to spend it if you don’t see anything you like.

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